Telegram from National Student League City College Evening Chapter of New York in New York, New York, to Gov. H. B. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; City University of New York, City College; Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912; Norris, Clarence, b. 1912; Callahan, William Washington, b. 1863; National Student League (U.S.) City College Evening ChapterThe National Student League City College Evening Chapter at City College of New York protests the "outrageous procedure and decision" of the courts in the 1933 trials and calls for the removal of Judge Callahan and the Scottsboro Boys' immediate release.National Student League (U.S.) City College Evening Chapter (New York, N.Y.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 8, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-12-07This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.TelegramEnglishTextSB_T_1933.12.07_1069United States--New York--New YorkTelegram from National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism in New York, New York, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (U.S.); Wagenknecht, AlfredThe National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism's telegram to Governor Miller was supported by organizations of educators, physicians, and intellectuals numbering to 400,000 and signed by Albert Wagenknecht, Executive Secretary. The telegram describes the Ku Klux Klan and other "silver shirt" organizations as "fascist elements" responsible for the lynching climate of the South and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys. It demands a "stoppage to anti-Jewish and Negro baiting" and holds the Governor personally responsible for the safety of Scottsboro defendants, attorneys, and witnesses.National Committee to Aid Victims of German Fascism (U.S.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 1, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-11-18This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.TelegramEnglishTextSB_T_1933.11.18_1048United States--New York--New YorkTelegram from Women's National Association for the Preservation of the White Race in Atlanta, Georgia, to Governor B.M. Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Women's National Association for the Preservation of the White Race (Atlanta, Ga.)Signed by "Mrs. J. E. Andrews, President," this telegram from the Women's National Association for the Preservation of the White Race requests that Governor Miller take no further action towards the Decatur trial, presided over by Judge Horton, until the NAACP and the "Negro-manned" International Labor Defense cease their persecution of white women. This organization was founded in 1931, just two years before the creation of this telegram.Women's National Association for the Preservation of the White Race (Atlanta, Ga.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004237, Folder 23, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-03-27This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.TelegramEnglishTextSB_T_1933.03.27_0785United States--Georgia--AtlantaTelegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Universal Negro Improvement AssociationSigned by "Joseph Walcott," this telegram from the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, protests the slated execution of the Scottsboro Boys. This group was a Canadian branch of Marcus Garvey's UNIA, the black nationalist fraternal organization founded in 1914 that promoted a shared international black pride and black economic self-sufficiency.Universal Negro Improvement Association (Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004236, Folder 22, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1932-05-09This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.TelegramEnglishTextSB_T_1932.05.09_0673Canada--Nova Scotia--Glace BayTelegram from the Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro in Berlin, Germany, to Governeur Miller in Montogomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro (Berlin, Germany); Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955; Kollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945; Goldschmidt, Alfons, 1879-1940; Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958; Ossietzky, Carl von, 1889-1938This telegram from the Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro is signed by a group of Berlin-based intellectuals--"Professor Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Kaete Collwitz, Alfons Goldschmidt, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Karl von Ossietzky." The committee asks Governor Miller to "reserve the execution" of the Scottsboro Boys following the 1931 trial and stay of execution pending the Alabama Supreme Court review.Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro (Berlin, Germany)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004235, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1931-07-09This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.TelegramEnglishTextSB_T_1931.07.09_0427Germany--BerlinTelegram from participants in the Washington Park Forum Opening 38th Year in Chicago, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Washington Park Forum (Chicago, Il.); Washington Square Park (Chicago, Il.)Four thousand assembled citizens at the Washington park Forum Opening 38th Year demand a new trial for the Scottsboro Boys after their 1931 convictions. This telegram asks: "Is this southern justice [sic]" Washington Park Forum (Chicago, Il.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004234, Folder 2, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1931-05-18This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.TelegramEnglishTextSB_T_1931.05.18_0023United States--Illinois--ChicagoResolution from Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 in Rockford, Illinois, to Governor Miller in Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 (Rockford, Il.); Armwood, George, 1911-1933Signed by Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 from a "Local Anti-Fascist Conference" on December 10, 1933, this form resolution heeds the "call of the I.L.D." in protesting the "outrageous procedure and conduct of the Scottsboro trials." It expresses solidarity with "black brothers," condemns the practice of lynching in the "Southland," and calls for the immediate release of the Scottsboro defendants. It also asks for punishment for the lynchers of George Armwood, lynched in Princess Anne, Maryland, on October 18, 1933. Copies were sent to Judge Callahan, Governor Miller, and President Roosevelt.Unemployed Councils, Branch 1 (Rockford, Il.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004240, Folder 24, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-12-13This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.ResolutionEnglishTextSB_R_1933.12.13_1099United States--Illinois--RockfordResolution from workers and farmers at the United Front May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; United Front May Day Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912This resolution from 400 workers and farmers assembled for the May Day Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, protests the conviction of Haywood Patterson at the 1933 trial and demands immediate release for all the Scottsboro Boys. It connects lynch mob mentality to capitalism and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys to the oppression of workers.United Front May Day Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004239, Folder 4, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-05-01This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.ResolutionEnglishTextSB_R_1933.05.01_0949Canada--Alberta--Red DeerResolution from Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174 in Staten Island, New York, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174 (Staten Island, N.Y.); Patterson, Haywood, b. 1912The Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174—a branch of an international veterans organization with ties to the Communist Party—reacts to the Haywood Patterson verdict at the March 1933 trial in Decatur. The resolution asks that Governor Miller immediately release the boys, enforce the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments of the U.S. Constitution, protect the boys and their attorneys from "Ku Klux Klan lynch mobs," and change the venue for remaining trials to Mobile, Alabama.Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174 (Staten Island, N.Y.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 19, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-04-23This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.ResolutionEnglishTextSB_R_1933.04.23_0927United States--New York--Staten IslandResolution from the United Farmers League in Puyallup, Washington, to Governor Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Imprisonment--Alabama; Miller, Benjamin Meek, 1864-1944; United Farmers League (Puyallup, Wa.)Sent after the March 1933 verdict, the United Farmers League of Puyallup, Washington, demands the immediate release of the Scottsboro Boys. It refers to them as "nine innocent children now being subjected to the most dastardly frameup charge recorded in the history of our country."United Farmers League (Puyallup, Wa.)Alabama Governor, Scottsboro Case appeals to the Governor, SG004238, Folder 18, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History1933-04-21This material is a government record from the records of the Governor's Office of the State of Alabama and are subject to the provisions of 36-12-40 Code of Alabama, Rights of citizens to inspect and copy public writings.ResolutionEnglishTextSB_R_1933.04.21_0921United States--Washington--Puyallup